Giulio Natta:
Giulio Natta was an Italian chemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
February 26, 1903 in Imperia, Italy
Death:
May 2, 1979 in Bergamo, Italy
Claim to Fame:
Natta was an Italian chemist who shared half the 1963 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Karl Ziegler for their work creating polymer chains using the Zeigler-Natta catalyst. This catalyst is used to create polypropylene, one of the most common plastics in use today.
